Gaza: Israeli rockets hit a refugee camp in Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip, which was in a declared safe zone, resulting in dozens of deaths and numerous injuries.
Many of the dead in the Tal as-Sultan area were allegedly “burned alive” inside their tents, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), which was cited by the Wafa news agency.
The Israeli attack came after the first rocket assault on Tel Aviv, Israel, by Hamas in several months.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel’s soldiers to stop their ground attack there, while Israel claims the eight Hamas missiles were fired from the Rafah area.
According to the Israeli military, an airstrike using “precise ammunition and on the basis of precise intelligence” was launched against a Hamas compound in Rafah.
The statement added that it was “aware” of allegations that “several civilians in the area were harmed” and that the incident was “under review.” It also said that the attack killed Hamas’s chief of staff for the West Bank and another top leader behind deadly attacks on Israelis.
After around 45 minutes, Palestinian Civil Defense teams were able to put out the large fire that resulted from the strike.
The Red Cross International claimed that a huge number of casualties were being admitted to different hospitals and that its field hospital in Rafah was experiencing an influx of patients.
More than 15 of the deceased and “dozens of wounded,” according to Doctors without Borders, also known by its abbreviation MSF, had been taken to a facility it supports.
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